Research Shows Increasing Conceptional Risks In Space, Professor Suggests Space Sex Regulations

Tourism into space offers a different comfort. (Photo: Twitter @SpacePerspectiv)

JAKARTA - Astrobiological professor from Cranfield University, David Cullen, revealed that there are still many unanswered biological and legal questions about sex in space and this needs to be addressed immediately.

According to him, conception can cause dangerous effects of radiation in embryos and can lead to lawsuits against organizations that provide aviation.

In this regard, space tourists such as newlyweds may have to sign legal documents prohibiting sex during their flight to prevent conception.

Professor Cullen is the lead author of a new report questioning whether sex in space is taken seriously by the growing space tourism sector, led by companies like Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.

"We are not realistic if we assume that all space tourism participants will refrain from sexual activity while exposed to microgravity and increased levels of ionization radiation during spaceflight," the report said, quoted by the Daily Mail.

"This raises the possibility of uncontrolled human conception in space, which poses a significant risk to the growing space tourism sector. Our knowledge of the effects of the space environment on the early stages of human reproduction and long-term consequences for human offspring is still in its early stages," he added.

NASA has been avoiding questions about sex between astronauts, and has even previously firmly stated that "no human being has ever had sex in space".

However, in the next 10 years there will be exponential growth in what is known as space tourism, where ordinary people pay thousands of dollars to travel to orbit for recreational purposes.

Professor Cullen and his colleagues said "the expected motivation and behavior of space tourists would be different from that of professional astronauts". In other words, while astronauts are trained to resist sexual desire over a long period of time in space, society may not be that strict.